's Complete Works (8 Volumes)

Author: Lin Zhiman
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Features: Zeng Guofan was an important historical figure in modern Chinese history, known as a "renowned official" of the late Qing Dynasty and later revered as the "perfect man of all ages" and a model in officialdom. By rectifying the political style and promoting Western learning, he initiated the "Tongzhi Restoration," which allowed the declining Qing Dynasty to endure for another six decades. No one can emulate Zeng Guofan's achievements, but his writings and ideas have had a profound and lasting influence on later generations. It's no wonder that the two most important giants in 20th-century Chinese history, also a pair of rivals for half a century—Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek—both independently regarded Zeng's teachings as their bedside books. The book comprehensively and thoroughly analyzes his extraordinary six-decade life journey and his magnificent thirty-year career in the officialdom through extensive historical examples.